The
Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is open for ambitious and
talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all engineering fields to
demonstrate innovative and engineering entrepreneurship skills

Application Deadline: 23rd July 2018Offered annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: Countries within Sub-Saharan Africa. For the purposes of the competition, sub-Saharan countries include:

Crucial
commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative
applicants through a six-month period of training and mentoring.
Following this period of mentorship, finalists will be invited to
present at an event held in Africa and a winner will be selected to
receive £25,000 along with runners-up, who will each be awarded £10,000.

Eligibility: To be eligible,

Applicants must be individuals or groups of no more than three people.

Individual
applicants must be citizens of a country within sub-Saharan Africa and
currently reside there. For teams of two or three, the lead applicant
must be a citizen of a country within sub-Saharan Africa and currently
reside there.

Applicants must have an engineering innovation and provide a letter of support from a university of research institution.

Industrial researchers and establishments are not eligible.

The
applicant’s innovation can be any new product, technology or service,
based on research in engineering defined in its broadest sense to
encompass a wide range of fields, including: agricultural technology,
biotechnology, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer
science, design engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, ICT,
materials science, mechanical engineering, and medical engineering. If
you are in any doubt that your area of expertise would be considered
engineering then please contact the Academy to discuss your application.

Applicants
should have achieved the development of, and be in the early stages of
commercialising, an engineering innovation that:

will bring social and/or environmental benefits to country/countries in sub-Saharan Africa;

has strong potential to be replicated and scaled up;

is accompanied by an ambitious but realistic business plan which has strong commercial viability.

Number of Awardees: not specified

Value of Prize: Finalists
will be invited to present at an event held in Africa and a winner will
be selected to receive £25,000 along with runners-up, who will each be
awarded £10,000

Duration of Program: Crucial
commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative
applicants, through a six month period of training and mentoring.

How to Apply: All
applications must be submitted via the online grants system, applicants
should ensure they read the guidance notes before submitting their
application.